fusillade
noun
, -ˌlād, ˌfyü-sə-ˈläd, -ˈlād, -zə-\
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Synonyms
barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment, cannonade, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley
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Armed with the Heller precedent, gun-rights advocates launched a fusillade against state and local weapons regulations, filing more than 1,000 lawsuits seeking to expand access to guns and ammunition. — Jess Bravin, WSJ, "Supreme Court Accepts First Gun Case in Nearly a Decade," 22 Jan. 2019 Hamas militants responded with a cross-border fusillade that sent Israelis scrambling for air raid shelters. — Fox News, "Israeli launches scores of airstrikes as Gaza fire persists," 9 Aug. 2018 Tristesse et pensées pour celles et ceux qui sont tombés à Pittsburgh lors de la fusillade. — Alex Ward, Vox, "Foreign leaders are “appalled” at the Pittsburgh shooting," 27 Oct. 2018 Over the centuries, it has been modified, damaged and repaired — but always returned to full working order, even after taking a fusillade from German soldiers in World War II. — Marc Santora, New York Times, "One of the World’s Oldest Clocks Stops Ticking, Briefly," 18 Jan. 2018 In a joint statement announcing the agreement, Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the fusillade and indirectly elevated its profile among the factions struggling to rival Hamas’ hold on Gaza. — Noga Tarnopolsky, latimes.com, "Palestinian groups, acting alone, announce cease-fire with Israel after latest Gaza violence," 30 May 2018 His hyperbolic, stylized writing work was a gleeful fusillade of exclamation points, italics and improbable words. — Hillel Italie, BostonGlobe.com, "Tom Wolfe, pioneering ‘New Journalist,’ dies at 88," 15 May 2018 Wounded in the furious fusillade of bullets pouring from the auto the two officers had stopped was Officer Frank C. Reed, 24, who suffered chest and hand wounds. — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, "SF police officer shot to death in gunbattle in 1968," 14 June 2018 Discussing trade at last week’s disastrous G7 summit in Quebec, Europe’s leaders met Donald Trump’s volley of insults and half-truths with a fusillade of facts. — The Economist, "Europe struggles to respond to Mr Trump," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fusillade.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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